agenesis

[ ey-jen-uh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. absence of or failed development of a body part.
2. sterility; impotence; barrenness.

agenesis

/ ˌeɪdʒəˈnɛtɪk; eɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

1. (of an animal or plant) imperfect development
2. impotence or sterility

Derived Forms

• agenetic, adjective

Other Words From

• a·ge·net·ic [ey-j, uh, -, net, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of agenesis¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1850–55; a- ⁶, genesis

Example Sentences

Born with sacral agenesis, a physical condition that makes her body different, Jones is excluded from “easy beauty,” Kate Tuttle wrote in The New York Times.

From New York Times

Cats Protection's senior field veterinary officer Fiona Brockbank said it appeared to be a case of agenesis, the failure of an organ to develop, which she and her colleagues had never seen before.

From BBC

The medical name for my disability is sacral agenesis.

From New York Times

She has congenital sacral agenesis, meaning she was born with no sacrum.

From Washington Post

Due to his missing corpus callosum, Ellis has a disorder called “agenesis of the corpus callosum.”

From Fox News